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Why Lil Wayne’s Alliance With Trump Makes Perfect Sense

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As Lil Wayne follows in the footsteps of fellow rappers Ice Cube and 50 Cent, Kyndall Cunningham writes about how it demonstrates “they have nothing to lose besides money.”

When the Trump administration announced its collaboration with Ice Cube on a so-called “Platinum Plan” for Black America two weeks ago, the automatic sarcastic response on Twitter was, “Who will be the next rapper to support Trump?” (Although, the rapper claims somewhat dubiously that he doesn’t endorse the president.)

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